New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-26
passed the age limit OF sixty years. When member
work OF the police force and 1t Is tme to retire him.

work Of the police force and 1t is time to retire him.
One member Of General Grants family about whom
little is heard in these days is U. Grant, jr, who Is
Familiarity known as Buck Grant, having been porn
In Ohio and nlcknamed Buckeye he marred
daughter Of the late ex-senator Jerome IL. Chauee vi
Colorado In respects he has more Oh MS iathe
characteristics than either of tho other sons Ills
retiring disposition and quiet manners are ike ,hoSo
Of his father I'm days when the future President was
living quietly at Galena, with no thought or prospec
of the greatness that to be thrust upon nm by t
approaching period of war Members Oh INC Ian ,ar
accr OF reserve force his father and declare thar II
opportunity and emergency come he VIII , 81
himself lie Is modest and retiring, ana ioNer VI
homo and family.
Practical railroad men arc deeply intereSteo III
every possible advance In railroad science when mas
for ITS object the prevention of loss of fe There
was an accident on the Philadelphia, wilmington anu
Baltimore Railroad at Havre dc Grace the other day.
where the engineer claimed that the arDrahes rcio''
to work resulting In collision, the death OF ono ND"
and the injury Of largo number OF others III I"
group OF engineers at tho Grand Central Depot ,iS
matter OF the failure OF the air brakes was being ais
cusscd and one thoughtful oldtimer said TINS
accident Is another instance where the necessity OF
an independent steam brake ON the engine Is SHOWN
Every passenger engine should BIO equipped wiz. VIII,
separate brake outside OF the airbrake on the coaccs
Then II tho airbrake refuses to work the engineer has
some chances to his train The engines oi ,I,e
country arc e0flpped In this manner. and the com
panIcs are wise In doing It, Had this engine pcon
provided with such an emergency brako there Is no
doubt but tho engineer coul nave elicr JIG hocn
collision alto gethcr or It's effect would not nave peo
serious"
Hoffman House guests during the summer VIII HISS
the rotund figure and smiling faco Of L. T. wall, VINO
Is going again to Rlchlcd Springs to assist Crsh
wclch at tho New American Hotel Wall Is one OF me
best known hotel clerks In New YORK ana - POPui
among his fellows as we'll with the public ecncray
Montana's leading banker, Ex-Governor 3 T. Hausor'
Of Helena IS ono OF tho wcalthicst men In the North
west His financial operations are Increasing IN ex
tent and Importance every year lie has been IN
New York during tho past week arranging financial
matters connected with the construction Of seven rail-
roads in tho Territory which are to be run az branches
or feeders Of Northern Pacific. TWO OF them aro
already completed and tho others will be In operation
within the next three months. In ahlitioh W ,nlS
business Governor Iauscr IS the principal nhahcier
In four National Banks and thirty four mining cnln
i'm the timber product of the Territory ana III copper
mining on top OF II all he plays pretty sim game
of poker and especially Obj octs to game WIN
small limit.
In a perfume shop I'm Wuamst. l watched some
cmpioyc, the other day who were doing up packages
Of toilet articles be sent ont by mall ana messenger
The bottles were wrapped in peculiar kind of brown
papcr the inner surface Of which appeared ikc
miniature corduroy road. An examination Of the ma
teral showed II 10 be specially prepared straw paper
with a corrugated mncr surface by Wmrh nv 800 -,
ware f. given a safe and secure hcd IN Whch W
for trans port alton I'm the mails or otherwise IL -
one al the novel inventions OF american ingenuity
am told that the inventor has made neat h'o ioi
tune from it, Introduction